enchondromatosis
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Related to enchondromatosis: chondromyxoid fibroma, Maffucci syndrome
enchondromatosis
[‚en‚kän·drō·mə′tō·səs] (medicine)
A rare disorder principally involving tubular bones, especially those of the feet and hands, characterized by hamartomatous proliferation of cartilage in the metaphysis, indistinguishable in single lesions from enchondromas. Also known as chondrodysplasia; dyschondroplasia; Ollier's disease.
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